Michael Sequeira Osorto v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OCT 13 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

MICHAEL U. SEQUEIRA OSORTO, No. 20-72162

Petitioner, Agency No. A209-240-020

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted October 7, 2021** Portland, Oregon

Before: W. FLETCHER, IKUTA, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Michael Sequeira Osorto seeks review of a decision of the Board of

Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of an Immigration Judge (IJ) to

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). deny his motion to reopen and rescind his order of removal entered in absentia.

We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.

Because Sequeira conceded that he received actual notice of the hearing in

which he was ordered removed in absentia, and because the notice met the

applicable…